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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1962
Page
9
A safe at Richardson store was found cracked after burglars climbed onto the roof and gained access. Police are investigating and reviewing security footage to identify suspects.
Richardson's department store suffered a second break in within 15 months as thieves used the same method to punch the safe and steal a small amount of cash. Police believe two men were involved, climbed from a rear roof via a tree, and damaged the safe in the company office. The incident follows a 1960 theft from the same safe and is believed covered by insurance. Police urge merchants to stop keeping cash in safes and to deposit money elsewhere.
Federal state county and city officers conducted three months of undercover liquor raids in Gaston County. Forty eight men and women were arrested as raids were staged across the county, with a small quantity of liquor and beer confiscated.
The January 22 term for Guilford County Superior Court High Point Division began with Judge Walter E. Johnston presiding. A week of trials includes five breaking and entering cases, eleven selling poisonous liquor, and one murder case involving James Monroe Carroll, tied to the death of Eugene Spencer Smith on Christmas Day.
A confusion over identity caused William Wray White of S Main Street not to be tried for drunken driving in Municipal Court last week while a William Wray White of Northridge Street Greensboro faced a drunken driving charge. The Enterprise regrets the confusion.
A faith based prayer asks for calm and clear thinking amid turmoil. It credits divine guidance through Jesus Christ and invokes God as lord of life and eternity. The meditation is attributed to Dotson M. Nelson Jr., minister of Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
Fog hampered incoming and outgoing flights at Greensboro High Point Airport. Officials hoped to resume normal schedules by this afternoon but visibility remained only about a mile, below the three quarters of a mile minimum. Showers and warmer air are forecast for tomorrow, with cooler, near normal conditions the rest of the week.
The C D Board of Conservation and Development met in High Point for a winter session at the New South Motor Inn. Gov. Terry Sanford praised the city’s strength and leading role while recalls of past projects and light humor framed a cordial reunion with local officials, business leaders, and board members.
A series of Republican precinct meetings begins tonight at 8 30 p m in the City County Building to elect precinct officers for two years. Guilford County Republicans meet in Greensboro February 10 at 1 p m then attend the Sixth District Convention later in February. Other events include a Young Republicans dinner January 29 at Holiday Inn South with I Lee Potter as speaker. The state Young Republicans convention is February 3 in Greensboro. a $50 dinner in Charlotte February 1 with Dwight Eisenhower by tape and Charles R Jonas in person. a February 16 dinner in Asheboro with Barry Goldwater. and the Republican State Convention March 3 in Durham.
Guilford Industrial Education Center in Jamestown offers three new spring courses. Air conditioning and refrigeration, slide rule mathematics, and technical drafting begin with registration during regular hours. High school credit is available for drafting, with separate daytime and evening sections.
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